Neil Vigdor
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A suspect was dead after a confrontation with police officers in Lorain, Ohio, which is outside Cleveland, the authorities said. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/…
The body of Melina Galanis Frattolin, 9, of Canada, was found in Ticonderoga, N.Y., on Sunday, one day after her father falsely reported that she had been abducted, the police said. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/nyr…
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, who taught quantitative marketing at the Haas School of Business, was shot several times on July 4 outside Athens, the authorities said. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/wor…
Samuel Haskell, 37, was accused of dismembering his wife and his in-laws. He was the son of Sam Haskell III, an Emmy-winning film producer and veteran talent agent. nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/…
Finally: the 8:10 New Haven line local gets the green light to leave for Stanford. The conductor says, “Folks, if you’d like to join us, step inside.”
Two members of Beyoncé’s team said that their S.U.V. was broken into during a tour stop in Atlanta, the authorities said. nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/…
A passenger on the Grand Central platform just passed us in wet socks, shoes in hand
As an announcement for a departing Hudson Line train is made at Grand Central, New Haven Line customers frowning
A railroad employee just told people not to panic but that he was going to close every other train door to keep our train air conditioned. “We’re not leaving,” he said.
Pungent odors permeate the City of Brotherly Love as a contract impasse between the city and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees continues. w/ @kirk_rylee @campbellnyt nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/…
Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, grappling with a deficit and potholes, could afford it. nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/…
Metro-North experiencing what it says is a “power issue” during the evening rush hour between Stamford and South Norwalk. It brought 3 trains to a halt in Old Greenwich

Josh Donaldson, a former American League Most Valuable Player with Toronto, sued his former landlord over the conditions at his $55,000-a-month rental property. nytimes.com/2025/06/18/nyr…
Kevin Krebs, 31, of Malvern, Pa., is facing more than two dozen additional charges after investigators searched his house on Monday. w/ @hannahzziegler nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/…
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, an urgent care clinic operator in the Los Angeles area, could face up to 40 years in prison in connection with the actor’s 2023 death. nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/…
Violators could face up to six months in jail under the new rule, which appears to have been formalized last month. nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/…
Worn by Matthew Broderick in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the vest could fetch several hundred thousand dollars, according to Sotheby’s. nytimes.com/2025/06/07/art…
Several emergency responders were stung after the truck flipped in a sparsely populated area of Whatcom County. Efforts were underway to recapture the bees. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/…